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Small Business and Technology Development Center

Founded in September 1984, North Carolina’s Small Business and Technology Development
Center (SBTDC) is the business and technology extension service of The University
of North Carolina, which oversees the 16 constituent institutions of the University.
The SBTDC is administered by North Carolina State University and operated in partnership
with the US Small Business Administration. With a lead center located in Raleigh,
NC, the SBTDC operates 10 regional service centers in 15 total offices and six specialty
programs to provide management counseling and educational services to small and mid-sized
businesses. Most of our services are free of charge, and all are confidential. By
providing entrepreneurs with the tools they need to build and grow successful businesses,
the SBTDC positively impacts NC’s economy.

The SBTDC at Western Carolina University operates two offices in Asheville and Cullowhee,
serving the 14 far western counties with counseling for small businesses including
international business development, market research, and access to private equity,
strategic growth services, technology development, and government procurement.

Contact the SBTDC

Small businesses interested in support from the regional SBTDC office can contact
the offices in Cullowhee or Asheville at the numbers below or email Regional Director
Sandra Dennison at sdennison@sbtdc.org.